The Darwins arrive at Down House, Kent.

Reblogged from HISTORY MAGPIE - Building a nest with the stories, objects and people who have filled Kent's history.:

One hundred and seventy one years ago Charles Darwin and his heavily pregnant wife Emma arrived at Down House. Their initial impressions of the house were less than favourable but Annie Kemkaran-Smith, the house curator, shares what it came to mean to them.

When the Darwins moved to Down House in September 1842, their main aim was to have a quiet peaceful life, away from the Lo...